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Researchers from Google and the University of California Santa Barbara have taken an important step towards the goal of building a large-scale quantum computer.

How do intercontinental ballistic missiles -- including the one North Korea launched Tuesday (Nov. 28) that flew more than 10 times higher than the International Space Station -- work?

Physicists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (run jointly by LMU Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics) have developed an attosecond electron microscope that allows them to visualize the dispersio...

A new study published in Physical Review Letters outlines how scientists could use gravitational wave experiments to test the existence of primordial black holes, gravity wells formed just moments after the Big Bang that...

High-tech prosthetics allow amputees to engage more fully in everyday life, even to compete in sporting events. Researchers have demonstrated how brain activity is used to identify different terrains -- level ground and ...

Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer, typically fails to respond to treatment or rapidly becomes drug resistant. Researchers have now identified a strategy that pinpoints a genetically distin...

People with disabilities face all sorts of discrimination every day. New Cornell University research suggests they may also face it while interacting with the police.

Researchers have discovered a 'brake' that interferes with HIV's development into an infectious agent. This mechanism prevents the capsid -- the protein shell covering the virus -- from forming.

In 2008, the European satellite PAMELA detected a surprisingly large concentration of high energy positrons above our atmosphere. The presence of so many positions, the anti-matter counterpart of electrons, goes against ...

Treating neurocysticercosis (NCC), an infection of the brain with tapeworm larvae, often leads to inflammation and seizures when the parasites in the brain die. Now, researchers have reported that pretreatment with the a...

Part of the control strategy for trachoma -- repeated eye infections caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis -- is facial cleanliness. Now, researchers have shown that properly trained graders can reliably reproduc...

Genetic recombination between viral strains in bats may have produced the direct evolutionary ancestor of the strain that caused a deadly outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in humans, according to new r...

A common, hands-on method for teaching genetics in grade school encourages students to compare their earlobes with those of their parents: are they attached and smoothly mesh with the jawline? Or are they detached and da...

A given gene may perform a different function in breast cancer cells than in healthy cells due to changes in networks of interacting proteins, according to a new study.

The United States must prioritize its health resources toward detecting and treating noncommunicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, while maintaining and expanding prevention and eradication of infectious dise...

Using a molecule designed to overcome a roadblock formed by a common type of genetic flaw, researchers have made progress towards novel molecular treatments for Friedreich's ataxia -- a rare but fatal disorder -- in the ...

Over 180 scientists, malaria program managers and policy makers from around the world have come together through a consultative process to update the research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication, first produce...

A new study has shown that antibiotics can reduce the ability of mouse immune cells to kill bacteria, and that changes to the biochemical environment directly elicited by treatment can protect the bacterial pathogen.

Researchers have taken the Connectivity Map -- a widely used resource of tools and data -- to new heights with a massively scaled-up version. This expanded 'connectivity map' creates more than 1.3 million gene expression...

UV radiation has been known for a long time to be a risk factor for the development of skin cancer. Simultaneous infection with human papillomaviruses (HPV) has also been suspected to promote skin cancer, particularly in...

A novel drug combination therapy that could prime nonsmall cell lung cancers to respond better to immunotherapy has been identified by researchers. These so-called epigenetic therapy drugs, used together, achieved robust...

Researchers have investigated the optical properties of complex plasmonic vesicles, which can navigate the bloodstream, and, when hit with a quick pulse of laser light, change shape to release their contents. The researc...